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Sustainable Home

Practical projects, tips and advice for maintaining a more eco-friendly household
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Sustainable Home by Christine Liu offers practical advice on transforming your living space into an eco-friendly haven. The book explores various sustainable practices, providing tips on reducing waste, conserving energy, and embracing a greener lifestyle. It's a guide filled with actionable strategies to help readers make environmentally conscious choices in their homes.
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An inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly household.

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Sustainable Home is an inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly household. Sustainability enthusiast and zero-waste advocate Christine Liu takes you on a tour through the rooms of your home - the living area, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom - offering tips, tricks and 17 step-by-step projects designed to help you lead a more low-impact lifestyle. Whether its by making your own toothpowder, growing your own herb garden or upcycling old pieces of furniture, there are numerous ways - both big and small - to make a difference.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711239692

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 October 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: White Lion Publishing

Edition: New Edition

Illustration: Over 200 Four colour

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Christine Liu is author of the blog and YouTube account Snapshots of Simplicity, a diary and guide to living simply and sustainably. She has a degree in Industrial and Packaging Technology from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and was also a H&M Sustainable Packaging Challenge fellow of the DO School based in Germany. She livs in San Jose, California, where she works full time at Cisco Systems, drives community initiatives in regards to zero waste, and also aspires to open a package free grocery store long term.

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